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OBEN R. HANCHETT, F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SELDEN 8U GBISWOLD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFSAME PLAGE.

CAKE-GRIDDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,842, dated February 6,1883.

. Application tiled December 13, i882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ORENR. HANcHE'r'r, of Erie, county of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement 5 in Cake-Griddles,ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specitication.

My invention relates to a novel construe 1o tion of folding cake-griddle,\vhereby the sides or the independentpans which compose the said griddle are adapted each to be folded over upon an opposite independently-folding pan; and it consists in the employment of a 1.5 central bar, on either side'of which are hinged or pivoted independently-folding pans, said 'pans being provided each with shoulders abutting against the central bar, and servingby their abutment to retain the said pans in a 2o horizontal position when the griddle islifted. lt further consists in the employment of a central bar, made in two parts, and provided with lugs or ears having sockets for the pivotal pins of theindependentpans hinged there- 2 5 to, and in certain details of construction hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan or topV view of myimproved cake-griddle, with the central bar shown partly in section. 3o Fig. 2 is a perspective view, with the independent pans on one side folded over upon the opposite independently-lolding pans. Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section, and Figs. 4 uand 5 perspective views,of the centralbar and an independent pan detached.

A represents the central har, composed of i two similar sections or parts, AandA2, which y sections are secured together by screws or other suitable means. Said center har, A, is

p 4o T-shaped (inverted) in cross section, the two By reference to Pig. 4 it will be seen that the intermediate lugs or projections, E, of the center 4bar do not serve as bearings for the pins of the independent pans B, but are provided merely to prevent lateral play of the said pans, and are therefore made solid or without bearings.

` The independent pans B B are provided ou their edges with flanges D, extending from the said edges to the same plane with the lower 6o surface of the T-shaped central bar, A, thus allowingthe Whole device to rest evenly upon the stoveand preserve the horizontal position otnll the pans which compose the griddle. The upper surfaces of these pans are by preference 6 5 providedwith circular recesses F, of the desired size and depth, for containing the batter, and are so arranged that when the opposite pan is folded over upon the one in which the batter has-been placed the circular depression in the 7o pan containing the batter" will beexactly covered by the corresponding recess in the pan folded over and upon the latter. The independent pans are each further provided with a lug or lugs, B2, fitting in the recesses between the 1u gs or projections a a on the central bar,

A, and these lugs formed upon the independent pans are also provided withlongitudinallyprojecting pins c d, which, when they enter the bearn gs provided for them in the projections 8o or lugs 'of the central bar, serve aspivots, up-

on which the pans turnaud are folded over one upon the other. It will be observed that the pans B B are thus adapted to be folded over each upon the opposite pan independently of the central bar or other pans composing the griddle, and that the said central bar always remains in the same position upon the stove, adapting the pans to be turned upon either or upon opposite sides-of the said bar. The pans 9o B B are provided on their under sides with lugs e e, which serve, by abutting against the side or vertical walls ofthe central bar, A, to preserve the horizontalposition of the independent pans when the wholel device or grid- 9'5 die is raised from the stove'by the handles E', attached to the central bar, A, said central bar, A, thus serving as a common support for all the pans when the griddle is raised.

The corner pans of the griddle, instead of roo Ql h ernste having lugs ee, may be shouldered, as at e', in its pendent liange, said shoulders, by resting against the edges of the central bar, A, serving the purpose ofthe lugs e e, above referred to. Again, small projections b b may be provided, if desired, upon the upper outer edges of the pans B B, in order that when a pan is folded over upon the one opposite, said projections may rest o ,ne upon the other, thus leaving a space between the two pans so folded together, as shown in the cross-section, Fig. 3, for the passage of air and escape of steam. It will further be seen that by my construction space is left between the stove and the under sideor surface ofeach of theindependent pans,

which is preferred but of course the construc-y tion may be varied so as to allow the lower surfaces of the pans to rest in contact with the surface of the stove, if desired.

Rings or other suitable handles, E', are attached to the ends of the central bar, A, for lifting the griddle; but detachable handles may be used, if preferred, in order that when the griddle is placed upon the stove said handles may be detached and kept cool until it is desired to remove thegriddle from the stove,

' when they may be attached again to the griddle.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new ist -l. The combination, in atake-griddle, of a central longitudinal bar and independentlyfolding pans arranged on opposite sides ofand hinged to said bar, substantially as described. 2. In a cake-griddle, the central bar, to which the pans are hinged, made in two parts and secured together, substantially as described.

j 3. In a cake-griddle, the central bar, made'in two parts secured together, and provided with lugs having bearings for the reception of pins formed upon the independent pans.

4. rlhe combination, with the central bar, of the independent pans, hinged thereto on either side and adapted to be folded over each upon the opposite independent pan, substantially as specified.

5. Iii a cake-griddle, the combination, with the central bar, made in two parts andsecured together, of a series of independently-folding pans provided with pivotal pins formed thereon and fitting into sockets or bearings in said central bar. and lugs or shoulders adapted to abut against the central bar and. preserve the horizontal position of the said pans when the griddle is lifted, substantially as described.

6. In a cake-griddle,an independently-folding pan having a recess or depression, F, for the reception of batter, and provided with a handle, G, lugs b b, abutments e e, and lugs or ears B2 B2, provided with pins c and d, adapted to enter the bearing-sockets in the projections a a of the central bar.

7. The central bar, A, made in two parts secured together and provided with suitablehandies, E', or receptacles for handles,in combination with independently-folding pans pivoted thereto, and having anges D and lugs or shoulders adapting the device to rest evenly' upon the stove and to hold the pans in a horizontal position when lifted, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of December, A. D. 1 882.

o.R.HANoHETr Witnesses:

E. S. ROGKAFELLAR, MATTHEW GRIswoLD. 

